| D.1-1 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC). |
| D.1-2 Regional preparatory meetings (RPMs). |
| D.1-3 Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG). |
| D.1-4 Study groups. |
D.1-1 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC)
(PP Decisions 5, 13, PP Resolutions 25, 71, 72, 77, 131, 135, 139, 140, 151, 154, 165, 167, WTDC Resolutions: 1, 2, 5, 30, 53, 81, 82) The next World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) will be held in the fall of 2017. Preparatory work has been initiated. The host agreement is under negotiation/finalization with potential host countries. More information can be found in document
C16/56.
D.1-2 Regional preparatory meetings (RPMs)
(PP Decisions 5, 13, PP Resolutions 25, 71, 135, 140, 165, 167, WTDC Resolutions: 1, 5, 17, 25, 30, 31, 61, 81) The organization of the RPMs is going well. The provisional dates for the six RPMs are as follows:
- November 2016 - CIS
- December 2016 - Africa
- January-February 2017 – Arab States
- March 2017 – Asia Pacific
- April 2017 – Europe
D.1-3 Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG)
(PP Decisions 5, 13, PP Resolutions 25, 71, 135, 140, 151, 154, 165, 167, WTDC Resolutions: 1, 5, 17, 30, 61, 81)The TDAG held its 20th meeting at ITU headquarters in Geneva from 28 to 30 April 2015. TDAG, among other things:
- Reviewed PP-14 outcomes and resolutions and their implications for the work of ITU-D;
- Reviewed the implementation of the ITU-D Strategic Plan and Operational Plan for 2014, including WTDC-14 resolutions and regional initiatives;
- Considered the draft Operational Plan 2016-2019;
- Convened the first meetings of:
- The correspondence group on WTDC Resolution 1 (Rev. Dubai, 2014), “Rules of procedure of the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector” that mainly studied and reviewed Resolution 1 as well as related matters;
- The correspondence group on the Strategic Plan, Operational plan and Declaration that reviewed the Strategic Plan, the Operational plan as well as the Dubai Action Plan and proposed elements for the future draft Declaration;
- The Inter-Sectoral Team on issues of mutual interest to ITU Sectors that Identified subjects common to two or three of the three Sectors and identified the necessary mechanisms to strengthen cooperation and joint activity among the three Sectors.
D.1-4 Study groups
(PP Decisions 5, 13, PP Resolutions 25, 71, 135, 140, 154, 165, 167, WTDC Resolutions: 1, 2, 5, 17, 21, 30, 61, 80, 81)
The two ITU-D Study Groups held their second meetings for the 2014-17 study period in September 2015 to progress the work items agreed by WTDC-14. ITU-D SG1 welcomed close to 220 participants from 65 Member States, while ITU-D SG2 welcomed close to 190 participants from 52 Member States. SG1 considered 136 contributions and SG2 considered 121 contributions.
Three associated events were held during the meetings: the 1st meeting of the ITU-D Academia Network, a joint ITU-T SG17 and ITU-D SG2 Question 3/2 Cybersecurity Workshop, and the ITU Global Dialogue on International Mobile Roaming “Let’s roam the world”.
The ITU-D Study Groups held the first set of Rapporteur Group meetings for the new study period in April 2015. The main purpose of the 2015 Rapporteur Group meetings was to review contributions received, review the tables of content for each Question and assess where further contributions are needed, refine the methodology that will be used to reach the expected results for each Question, revise the work plans for each Question taking into consideration the new scheduling of the next WTDC, and progress with the drafting of text for the deliverables.
